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IX
It r; , ,:j tf The Law.
I ' r J '.i,.wn( of Charity and
t n, asks the question If. Bcatp
iC could have been convicted in
North Carolina? He doubts it, and
argues umt lioatiie a iauicr '8 gam
to be worth $:K)0,000 and if a rich
man's son hns ever paid . any .very
Revere penalty for crime in this
State we do not just now recall his
name. Wo are quick to punish
poorfolk9 and niggers The taw
works beautifully when the' defend
ant has no money, but it is : miKhty '
hard to reach men of Influence who
have sidestepped and gone wrong.
We are aware of the danger of
bringing our courta into contempt,
but it is hard to get aroumj the
facts and the plain fact la that Vir
ginia is ahead of us in the trial and
conviction of prominent 'criminals.
Would Kicheson be in aa much dan
ger in North Carolina as he ii in
Massachusetts? ..We doubt it. He
is backed by both money and influ
ence. He stood high in social circles
in Bosten, and is still Enjoying the
confidence of wealthy families and
friends. We do not know, of course;
but we have no doubt that this spor
ty parson will getwhat he deserves,
On the other hand, how" many can
be recalled without a moment's re
flection, walking' around in North
Carolina enjoying social favor and
business patronage whose hands are
red with innocent blood?" ..' .
This is a very severe arraignment
of the administration of : justice , m
North Carolina but is it not true?
The trouble Is mainly to be found,
if one wapta to look for it, in our
jury system, i Had the Nprth- Caro
lina system of selecting a jury pre
vailed in Virginia, the odds are ten
to one that Beattie. would havebeeh
acquitted; , The' press of this State
has cried unavailinglYfor reform in
the iurv Bjstera for years past, '. but
the lawyers seem to be "agin" it,
just'as they are in the matter of the
Torrens.system. It is , a desire" to
get their man oft, in the first case;
and to. pocket fees in thesecond-f
Charlotte Chronicle. -. '
What a Maa Expacti of a Cirl
tr. .
f A young man contributes the fol
lowing to the" December .Women's
Home Companion: ": y: '. ' s 'V r -'
"I don't care for a prude; ; but I
like still less tha other kind of a. girj
who has rather uncertain ideal of
womanhood. f-It is quite -probable
that the latter is more popular ; than
the quiet gill who refuses : to ; allow
even, nice boys to hold her hand, hug
and kiss her; but allow more to ex
prens the opinion that no popularity
at all is better than such popularity.
A girl can be a 'good .fellow', and a
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jully comrade among the boys, and
at the same time let the boys know j
that they are not to make free 'with
her. Such a girl will be accorded
genuine admiration on the part of
i the boys. ; . ' . - - r. 1
me young mem may seem, to
flock around the girl who will let
them snatch a kiss in a dark corner,
for young men have an evil nature
as well as the . better side that re
sponds quickly and gladly to the
good influence of a pure, sweet girl.
I can answer for large circle of
young men friend when I say ' that
we prefer the pure-minded.Ttirl to
the girl who appeals to our baser
natures. There would be no hesi
tancy in making a choice. ' ' i V
"I sometimes feel that girls do not
make ful use of their power to in
fluence young men for good.' Much
as it would embarrass me to admit
it in public, seven' tenths of .the
things I do, plan, and strive for are
because they will result in making
me what I think- a - certain young
lady expects me to be., for some
reason possibly shyness and the
thought -that the young men : would
not care . for such influence -the
majority of girls do not seem to at
tempt to exert their ability in this
way. : A pure girl consciously using
this gift will do more, . I. think, to
keep a young man in the - 'straight
and narrow' than anything else I
know of. Not even a mother can
do as much in guiding a young man
as his sweetheart in a 'pur py Jove-
affair' at twenty or . more years of
age..'-; ' " " '- " . . ; .
i "The one big thing ; every, young
man worth while expects in a girl
whether she is sweetheart or just ' a
friend -is her influence for good.
Everything else - is incidental, and
will fade, into the ' back-ground in
comparison with what most, young
men silently expect In girls." ;
-.Tat Man Cah Xtfw IttoaerCaarta.'
I The poor men of IfhacaV...New
York, have gotton themselves into a
snap. They have not been attending
church and gave but as" the "reason
therefor, that the hats of the women
obstructed their view and that ; they
could not become interested in the
sermon unless they could .see 0 the
preaeher ,Th women of theeon-
gregation were equal to the occasion.
They did not care to be made ' re
sponsible for the delinquencies of the
men here, or hereafter. . At a ; con
gregational meeting they voted to
leave off their millinery show dur
ing church services. , The men, are
thus deprived of their excuse, an ex
cuse, bythe way, which services in
more Ulan one community. We are
not informed as to the nature pf the
new excuseRaleigh News.
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It la tn hn rporcttfld that the ffood
mond, had. a row about federal aid
to public road building. 'The conti
tutionality of such a. course would
have to be ought out in congress.
It seems clear that congress can un
der the' constitution, and that it
should, under the necessities of . the
case, appropriate money for this pur
pose.' Especially should it, do so in
view of the use that the' govermeit,
through its rural free delivery ser
vice makes of the 'public roads. The
carriers of this system use 400,000,
000,' miles of public 4roads every
year . It is necessary for the gover
ment to use these roads in its deliv
ery of mail just as it is essential that
It use railroads for the same pur
pose. The government . pays the
railroads well for the use1 pf their
lines. Why not pay th people for
the use or their lines, by helping to
construct and maintain them so that
both public and government may
use them more effectively? '
But while eongress probably can
and, It would seem, certainly ought
tohelp, itshould not be expected
of that body that it do the whole
thing. We are right now pursuing
the matter in a proper fashion. The
southeastern states have this year
spent, from the , revenues of local
bodies, the sum of $30,000,000 ' for
road building; and , North Carolina
has led .them all. And. while -we
want Uncle Sam to do his just part,
we must keep up the pace we have
begun; for self-help is the most effi
cient of all help. Kinston Free
Press.'', '' V.Cv:
. . The Deadly Gasoline.
It is claimed that large precentage
of household damage by Are is caused
by the explosions of gasoline, or coal
oil; fires f ronr gasoline usually -result
from failure to observe tne simple
rule that gasoline must never be ex
posed to the air where there ' is any
fire or flame; the gasolin in bulk does
hot explode, but when mixed with
air the gas arising' from the' fluid
makes a. verj high explosive, and "Is
claimed to be a far more : dangerous
substance to handle in this form then
dynamite or gun powder; the danger
does not depend on the nearness of
the fire to the gasoline, but to the
existence of fire in any form where
this gas can reach it. , No gasoline
tank should be filled where' there is
a flame or fire of any kind. Gasoline
should not be used 'for : cleaning ; in
a closed . room, or were tnere Is,' the
least bit I of r fire; or flame.; sMany
housewives use gasoline for": all
household purposes for years,! with
no accident because they are.uncon
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advise you to get it ready and market it as fast as possible! -
at any time this season, and the thing, to do is to bell '
is the place to bring your tobacco, as sales this season ,
grades than any
Yt:i r. nrh, and prices reach their zenith. Remember; first
3 v?: cntee to ;gct vou the most money- for .your tobacco.
' -1:e you m jiioy. All I need to prove- it is just one
or your Y an3, and best sleeping accommodations-
scioualy careful in handing it, observe
ing necessity precautions and follow-'
ing the simple rule given.. In - care-1
ful hands it is a good servent; in
careless hands, it is a constant men
ace. Jf there is the last smell of the
gas in the room, the burner should
at once be inspected, the doors and
windows open, and the smell allowed
to escape before a match is lighted.
In many localities, gasoline is the on
ly fuel of the kind obtainable for the
house, and. where it is handled care
fully and intelligently, with a ' good
reliable make of range, it is a good
servant. The new evaporator range
is the only one that should be used;
the old style, where the old is light
ed to form the gas should have no
place in the house. The majority of
housewives are learning that the
quick fire to be had by the turn of
the wrist and the lighting of match
is a necessity in winter as in summer,
and a good, safe gasoline range is a
investment where proper care is
observed if gas is not to be had.
A Lesson tha Soata Most Lesson.
The necessity of labor, hon-
orableness of labor are the first les
sons to be taught the youth of the
South. Our people, as a whole, can
not learn these lessons, because we
are still too close to slavery. We
still consider manual labor to be
somewhat beneath a gentleman or a
lady. We waste our substance in
the employment of servants, appar
ently to wait on us, while frequently
we wait on them, and usually they
cost us more time, money and trou
ble then they render service. It is
a matter not of economy, but of sup
posed gentility. A little observation
and easy calculation will demon
strate that in this State we spend
for wages and food, breakage and
stealage of unnecessary servents,
money enough, it saved annually for
thirty years, to purchase every acre
of ground in the State. Our whole
property , is eaten up by serv
ants one time during each genera
tion " It is impossible to become
wealthy under such condition. Dr.
George T. Winston.
More Valuable Than Honey.
- It sometimes costs too much to get
rich. ' There are other things more
valuable than money and when those
other things are sacrificed for sake of
money the price paid is to high. In
the lust for wealth men not unoften
lose all sympathy with and consider
ation for others and also lose all in
terest in nublic affairs except as they
financially effect them., When all
this is allowed to go on unchecked
the soul shrivels ud and becomes as
hard and metalic as the coin itself
after, which men grasp,- Oxford
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market in the State.
' It Rests with The Farmer.
The placing of fifty million dollars
in the cotten belt for the purpose of
handing the cotton crop will be hail
ed with delight all over the south.
New York bankers will put up the
money under a plan that propose to
advance to the growers $25 .a bale,
based on the market value of cotton
at the time of the loan. One dollar
a bale is to be charged for grading
and handing, buc no interest is to be
charged on the money advanced.
This fund is to be placed through
committees empowered to sell when
the price is 12 cents and compelled
to sell when it reaches 13 cents. Ac
cording to statistics gathered 12 on
13 cents will give only a close legiti
mate profit
Thus a new force enters the strug
gle for better marketing for the
greatest of American agricultural
products. There is financial backing
now; but of course the success of
this or any other plan must depend
or the attitude of the individed
farmer. If success comes the farm
er must avail himself cf the proffer
ed aid, must abide by regulations
that must govern any plan, must
curtail production of cotton and, in
short, himself help to make the plan
a success.
Financial backing may m ike it
possible for the farmer to get better
prices for his cotton, it can't make
him get those prices, if he refuses
to co-operate -Kinston Free Press.
From Whence They Came.
"I have on my desk," said the
writer; "a list of 1,000 successful
men of this nation. By 'successful' I
do not mean mere money-makers,
but men who have given us new con
ceptions of steam, electricty, con
struction work, education, art, etc.
These are the men who influence
our moral as well as our physical
lives. They construct for better
things.
. "How these men started in work
is interesting. Their first foothold
in work is a fine study.
"Three hundred started as far
mers' sons.
"Two hundred started as messen
ger boy.
"Two hundred were newsboys.
"One hundred were printers' ap
prentice. "One hundred were apprenticed in
manufactories. ..
"Fifty beijan at the bottom of
railway work.
"Fifty-only fifty had wealthy
parents to give them a start."
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